{"id":9507,"date":"2015-08-07T20:21:03","date_gmt":"2015-08-08T01:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amadeusacademy.com\/family\/?p=9507"},"modified":"2015-08-07T20:21:03","modified_gmt":"2015-08-08T01:21:03","slug":"weight-loss-you-knew-the-topic-would-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/friesens.inkingmythinking.com\/?p=9507","title":{"rendered":"Weight Loss (you knew the topic would return)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I haven’t talked about weight loss for quite a few months.\u00a0 Being pregnant will do that.\u00a0 No matter what I did, I knew the scale would continue to go up.\u00a0 Now, perhaps I could have slowed<\/span> the movement of the scale going up, but I’m not going to dwell on that, since “what’s done is done.”\u00a0 And here we are on the flip side.<\/p>\n

I’m no longer pregnant.<\/p>\n

And unless we have a major shift in our thinking, or God has other plans, I don’t expect to be pregnant again.\u00a0 Which is a very good thing for my motivation.\u00a0 Now I have the mindset of, “Well, there’s no more excuses.”\u00a0 It was hard to really get on board with loosing weight before because I knew I would just balloon up again the next time I got pregnant.<\/p>\n

So, I’ve started to weigh myself and chart my progress.\u00a0 I had to take it easy for the first couple of weeks, but we’ve been going on more walks, and I’m back to mowing the lawn again.\u00a0 I’m also drinking a lot more water and trying to be more aware of listening to my body telling me if I’m full.<\/p>\n

And I’m pleased to report that in July I lost 30 pounds.\u00a0 Now, take that with a grain of salt, because a lot of that was baby and water weight… but it’s still nice to see the scale moving in the other direction.\u00a0 I’m hoping to keep the downward momentum over the next month so that I hopefully have some teaching clothes that fit by the time I start back in September.\u00a0 Right now I’m right in-between my maternity clothes being too big, and my regular clothes being too small.\u00a0 It’s a frustrating place to be.<\/p>\n

But I’m going to try and keep my focus on the baby steps and remember that even if I only lose a pound a month, I’ll still be down at least 12 pounds by next year.\u00a0 And that’s something.<\/p>\n

*EDIT:\u00a0 I wrote this post earlier this week and today I had my six week follow up visit with the midwife.\u00a0 I’ve been given the OK to start exercising, EXCEPT, I have a separation in my abs.\u00a0\u00a0 That means I have to wait six more weeks before I do any ab work\/Pilates\/planks.\u00a0 I’m not surprised that I have a separation since I was SO huge, but I’m still a little bummed that I need to wait longer.\u00a0 However, I can still go on my walks and do arm exercises and practice restraint while eating.\u00a0 So… it’s really just a minor set back.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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